Australia Fires Cause Arrests

Melbourne University Associate Professor Janet Stanley a leading expert from the National Centre for Research in Bushfire and Arson said about 40 of fires had no assigned cause.

Australia fires cause arrests. Australias rampant and destructive wildfires were started by arson and fueled by dry conditions and high temperatures but youd never know it from the Golden Globes or mainstream media outlets. This fire season police have taken. Australia Arrest Arsonists In Connection With Massive Wildfires.

Victoria police say there is no evidence any of the devastating bushfires in the state were caused by arson contrary to the spread of global disinformation exaggerating arsonist arrests during. Many mainstream media outlets blame human-caused climate change on the devastating fires. Last modified on Wed 8 Jan 2020 0951 EST.

24 people have been charged with bushfire-related offences this fire season A further 53 people arrested for failing to comply with state-imposed fire. That figure does not include recklessness or accidents. Police arrested 183 people for lighting bushfires across Queensland NSW Victoria South Australia and Tasmania.

1241 5 Feb 2020. Police arrest man accused of starting bushfires Fires in the region have so far caused more than a million hectares of damage with no end in sight according to authorities. While 183 people were arrested in relation to the fires only 24 were arrested specifically for arsondeliberately setting fires.

Victoria Police had no arson figures available for this bushfire season but said in the 12 months to September 2019 a dozen people had been arrested for causing bushfires. Bot and troll accounts are involved in a disinformation campaign exaggerating the role of arson in Australias bushfire. A teenage volunteer firefighter is among two dozen people accused of lighting some of the historic fires that have raged across Australia since September.

NSW police data shows that since November 8 24 people have been arrested for deliberately starting bushfires while 184 people have been charged or cautioned for bushfire-related offences. The Green policies led inexorably to the primary cause behind all the fires. The arsonists were responsible for about 50 of the bushfires.